Re: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello.

Jason Wessel wrote:

> > >     allmodconfig on powerpc (iMac g3) fails due to
> > > git-kgdb.patch. allmodconfig defaults should be changed?

> > >   CC      arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.o
> > > arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c:485:2: error: #error Both XMON and KGDB 
> > > selected in .config. Unselect one of them.
> > > make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.o] Blad 1
> > > make: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel] Blad 2

> >     I'm not sure if this will work out but maybe it's worth to disable 
> > XMON if KGDB is selected, like this?
> > config XMON
> >     bool "Include xmon kernel debugger"
> >     depends on DEBUGGER && !KGDB

> It did not seem that you can make a radio button / multi-select kernel 
> config option unless the options are in the same Kconfig file.  Given 
> that xmon and kgdb are mutually exclusive at the moment.

> What Sergei mentioned is the fix that needs to be used for the time being.
> Attached is the patch I put in the for_mm branch in the linux-2.6-kgdb 
> git tree.

> Jason.

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> xmon_or_kgdb.patch

> From: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] Turn off xmon if kgdb is active on ppc and powerpc

> Xmon and kgdb are mutuall exclusive at the moment so xmon should be
> turned off in the kernel config options if kgdb selected.  The case with "make allmodconfig" was failing and this patch addresses the problem.

> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug |    2 +-
>  arch/ppc/Kconfig.debug     |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

   This patch does not seem complete as the #error that was tiggering has not 
been deleleted from arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c (and not it's useless)

WBR, Sergei
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